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Statement of Significance

The place has aesthetic significance as a particularly fine example of the architectural style typical of the area and period. It has historic significance reflecting the development and settlement of the area.

Physical Description

90 Onslow Road was designed as a local store with an attached residence (conveniently located opposite a school, rather than the more typical site of a corner or T-junction). Key elements include the: • Zero setback for the shop from the street boundary. • Symmetrical shop front. • Prominent parapet with a large semi-circular pediment at the centre. • Entrance set in a central ingo. • Large timber-framed display windows set over a rendered stall. • Row of small highlight windows (painted over). • Painted brick façade (originally face-brick). • Bracketed convex verandah (dating from the 1980s renovations). Residence set back from the street frontage on the eastern side of the shop.

History

50 Onslow Road was first included in the Post Office Directories in 1922 when it was listed as a store, under the management of Miss Johanne Bertha Klose. The street numbers were changed along Onslow Road in c.1924 and since that time it has been known as 90 Onslow Road. The shop was run by Miss Klose until around the time of her death in July 1953, aged 78 years. In November of that year the place was offered for sale: A freehold shop and dwelling at 90 Onslow-road, Subiaco, were sold yesterday at £3,000. The premises, which are opposite the State school, have a frontage of 50ft. and in addition to the shop, consist of two bedrooms, a lounge and a kitchen. 90 Onslow Road was adopted on the draft Local Government Heritage Inventory (2002), with the following level and statement of significance: Level 1 – The place has aesthetic significance as a particularly fine example of the architectural style typical of the period. It has historic significance reflecting the development and settlement of the area. In 2007, it was also identified as an example of a corner store in The heritage of the suburban store in the City of Subiaco. This report stated that the shop at 90 Onslow Road had been constructed in c.1915 and originally operated by Miss A Pellow. However, more detailed investigation of the Post Office Directories for the period 1921 to 1925 has confirmed that Miss Pellow’s shop was opened at 54 Onslow Road (renumbered as #104 in c.1924). This was still being run as a mixed business in 1949, but has since been redeveloped. Other information provided in the report is cited below: Oral histories include descriptions of the store as a ‘dark place’, and as run by ‘Miss Klose, a small lady with a top bun, who sold nice pies’. Opposite the store is the Rosalie Primary School. The store was the school canteen for many years. It was last operated as a store in the 1970s, when it was owned by K. Winzenreid. Major renovations occurred at the rear in 1986.

Integrity/Authenticity

Although it has undergone some modifications, 90 Onslow Road remains as good representative example of a traditional, early Inter-War era corner store with an attached residence.

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